January 21, 2014 by Brandon Smith
There is one rule to citizen
defiance that, in my opinion, surpasses all others in strategic importance; and
it is a rule that I have tried to drive home for many years. I would call it
the “non-participation principle” and would summarize it as follows:
When facing a corrupt system,
provide for yourself and your community those necessities that the system
cannot or will not. Become independent from establishment-controlled paradigms.
If you and your community do this, the system will have one of two choices:
Admit that you do not need them
anymore and fade into the fog of history. Or reveal its tyrannical nature in
full and attempt to force you back into dependence.In either case, the citizenry gains the upper hand. Even in the event of government retaliation or a full-blown shooting war, dissenting movements maintain the moral high ground, which is absolutely vital to legitimate victory. No revolutionary movement for freedom can succeed without honoring this rule. All independent solutions to social destabilization and despotism rely on it. Any solutions that ignore it are destined for failure.
I am hard-pressed to think of a
better recent example of the non-participation principle in action than the
rise of Mexican citizen militias in the Western state of Michoacan.
Michoacan, like most of Mexico, has
long been overrun with violent drug cartels that terrorized private citizens
while Mexican authorities did little to nothing in response. I could easily
cite the abject corruption of the Mexican government as the primary culprit in
the continued dominance of cartel culture. I could also point out the longtime
involvement of the CIA in drug trafficking in Mexico and its negative effects
on the overall social development of the nation. This is not conspiracy theory,
but openly recognized fact.
The Mexican people have nowhere to
turn; and this, in my view, has always been by design. Disarmed and suppressed
while government-aided cartels bleed the public dry, it is no wonder that many
Mexicans have turned to illegal immigration as a means of escape. The Mexican
government, in turn, has always fought for a more porous border with the U.S.
exactly because it wants dissenting and dissatisfied citizens to run to
the United States instead of staying and fighting back. My personal distaste
for illegal immigration has always been predicated on the fact that it allows
the criminal oligarchy within Mexico to continue unabated without opposition.
Unhappy Mexicans can simply run away from their problems to America and feed
off our wide-open welfare system. They are never forced to confront the tyranny
within their own country. Under this paradigm, Mexico would never change for
the better.
Some in the Mexican public, however,
have been courageous enough to stay and fight back against rampant theft,
kidnapping and murder.
The people of Michoacan, fed up with
the fear and subjugation of the cartels and the inaction of the government,
have taken a page from the American Revolution, organizing citizen militias
that have now driven cartels from the region almost entirely. These militias
have decided to no longer rely upon government intervention and have taken independent action outside of the forced authoritarian
structure.
The fantastic measure of this
accomplishment is not appreciated by many people in America. Though many
cartels are populated by well-trained former Mexican military special ops and
even covert operations agents, the citizens of Michoacan have proven that the
cartels are a paper tiger. They can be defeated through guerrilla tactics and
force of will, which many nihilists often deny is even possible.Joel Gutierrez, a militia member of the Michoacan region, says residents were “sick of the cartel kidnapping, murdering and stealing.”
“That’s why we took up arms,” says
Gutierrez, 19. “The local and state police did nothing to protect us.”
The militia men have been patrolling
their towns and inspecting cars at checkpoints like this one for nearly a year.
All that time, federal police did little to stop them, and at times seemed to
encourage the movement.
But that tacit approval appeared to
end last weekend, when the number of the militias mushroomed and surrounded
Apatzingan, a town of 100,000 people and the Knights Templar’s stronghold. A
major battle between the militias and the cartel seemed imminent.
The federal government sent in
thousands of police and troops to disarm the civilian patrols. A deadly
confrontation ensued. Federal soldiers fired into a crowd of civilian militia
supporters, killing two.
Militia leader Estanislao Beltran
says the government should have gone after the real criminals, the Knights
Templar, and not those defending themselves. He vehemently denies rumors that
he takes funds from a rival group.
“The cartels have been terrorizing
us for more than a decade,” Beltran says. “Why would we side with any of them?”
Initially, local authorities
encouraged the militias, or stayed out of their way. The citizens armed
themselves with semi-automatic weapons, risking government reprisal, in order
to defend their homes; and so far, they have been victorious. One would think
that the federal government of Mexico would be enthusiastic about such
victories against the cartels they claim to have been fighting against for
decades; but when common citizens take control of their own destinies, this
often incurs the wrath of the establishment as well.
The Mexican government has decided to reward the brave
people of Michoacan with the threat of military invasion and disarmament.
In some cases, government forces
have indeed fired upon militia supporters, killing innocents while exposing the
true intentions of the Mexican political structure.
Mainstream media coverage of the
situation in the western states of Mexico has been minimal at best; and I find
the more I learn about the movement in the region, the more I find a kinship
with them. Whether we realize it or not, we are fighting the same fight. We are
working toward the same goal of liberty, though we speak different languages
and herald from different cultures. Recent government propaganda accusing
Michoacan militias of “working with rival cartels” should ring familiar with
those of us in the American liberty movement. We are the new “terrorists,” the
new bogeymen of the faltering American epoch. We are painted as the villains;
and in this, strangely, I find a considerable amount of solace.
If the liberty movement were not
effective in its activism, if we did not present a legitimate threat to the
criminal establishment, they would simply ignore us rather than seek to vilify
us.
The militias of Michoacan have taken
a stand. They have drawn their line in the sand, and I wish I could fight
alongside them. Of course, we have our own fight and our own enemies to contend
with here in the United States. As this fight develops, we have much to learn
from the events in Western Mexico. Government retaliation has been met with
widespread anger from coast to coast. And despite the general mainstream media
mitigation of coverage, the American public is beginning to rally around the
people of Michoacan as well. The non-participation principle prevails yet again.
The liberty movement in the U.S.
must begin providing mutual aid and self-defense measures in a localized
fashion if we have any hope of supplanting the effects of globalization and
centralized Federal totalitarianism. We must begin constructing our own
neighborhood watches, our own emergency response teams, our own food and
medical supply stores, and our own alternative economies and trade markets that
do not rely on controlled networks. We must break from the system and, in the
process, break the system entirely.
I am growing increasingly exhausted
with the incessant rationalizations of frightened activists posing as
non-aggression proponents. The pungent smog of cowardice that follows them
curls the nostrils, and the obvious transparency of their fear is a bit
sickening. I wish I could convey how refreshing it is to witness a group of
common people, regardless of nationality, with a set of brass ball bearings
large enough to face off against government supported drug cartels notorious
for mass murder and decapitation.
If you want see into the future, into the destiny of
America, I suggest you examine carefully the developments of the Michoacan
region. It is no mistake that good men and women are being disarmed around the
world, and America is certainly not exempt. Look at what happens when we are
not helpless! We can crush cold and calculating drug cartels as easily as we
can crush psychopathic government entities. We are capable of superhuman feats.
We are capable of globalist overthrow. We are capable of unthinkable greatness.
The rise of Mexican non-participation groups gives me much
hope for the future. For if the most corrupt and criminally saturated of
societies can find it within themselves to fight, to truly fight, regardless of
the odds and regardless of the supposed consequences, then there is a chance
for us all. We must look beyond the odds of success and become men — real men —
once again. We must face down evil, without reservation and without
apprehension. We must be willing to risk everything; otherwise, there is
absolutely nothing to gain.
–Brandon
Smith
http://personalliberty.com/2014/01/21/mexican-citizens-topple-cartels-and-are-rewarded-with-government-retaliation/
Comments:
Bravo mis amigos !
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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